A little history of the world
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Purnells history of the second world warcomplete set of all 24 volumes of this definitive history serieshoused in three bespoke upvc slip folders
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Strap 2 is an overview of the history of the usa since the colonisation by the netherlands and england in with issues of grenada, norfolk, virgin, belize, antigua & barbuda and morein both albums, the stamps, with mounts, are attached to richly illustrated collection sheets with a lot of information in dutchare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikikennedy family and all us presidentsregistered shippingin addition, an issue with the john fband 1 "usa": this section contains only usa postage stamps with patriotic and nationalist subjects issued between approxsee photos for a complete overview of the lot, everything is depictedand , with obama's inauguration fdcplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecollection "history of the united states in postage stamps" in 2 compilation albumscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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Globalizing, booming economies married to technological breakthroughs seemed to promise a better world for most peopleinstead, the 20th century proved to be overwhelmingly the most violent, frightening and brutalized in history with fanatical, often genocidal warfare engulfing most societies between the outbreak of the first world war and the end of the cold warwhat went wrong? how did we do this to ourselves? the war of the world comes up with compelling, fascinating answersoxfam shop crosby the world at the beginning of the 20th century seemed for most of its inhabitants stable and relatively benignsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is niall ferguson's masterpiece
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These operations were fertile territory for sappers as the history relatesoxfam bookshop wallingford the twelfth volume of the history of the corps of royal engineers chronicles the final two decades of the second millennium adthis period from to straddles the fall of the berlin wall and with it the end of the cold war; an end also to the relative certainty of the bipolar world that had dominated uk's security concerns sincewith shelfwear and bumping to edges and corners, otherwise a very good copythis was replaced by a less direct but much more complex array of challenges which saw the army committed to un and nato operations under the 'force for good' notion of human interventionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Constitutional history of the united kingdom offers an accessible and highly valuable overview for students with little or no prior knowledge of british historydrawing on key constitutional themes, constitutional history of the united kingdom provides insight and context to modern constitutional problemsann lyon presents a vivid overview of fourteen hundred years of english legal history taking us on a rich journey from a feudal society to the fractured union of the present daypaperback book in excellent condition, clean and with good bindingthis second edition has been revised and updated to bring coverage up to the present day, including parliamentary reform; the scottish referendum on independence and further drives for enhanced devolution; the effect of eu membership on the uk constitution; and the impact of the european convention on human rights and the human rights actoxfam books & music totnes an appreciation of the development and evolution of the united kingdom constitution is vital in order to understand the existing nature of the constitution, proposals for reform and the many complex challenges it facessee oxfam website for delivery information read morevery topical!(as of )
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Oxfam bookshop kingsbridge pliny's natural history is an astonishingly ambitious work that ranges from astronomy to art and from geography to zoologymingling acute observation with often wild speculation, it offers a fascinating view of the world as it was understood in the first century ad, whether describing the danger of diving for sponges, the first water-clock, or the use of asses' milk to remove wrinklespliny himself died while investigating the volcanic eruption that destroyed pompeii in ad 79, and the natural curiosity that brought about his death is also very much evident in the natural history - a book that proved highly influential right up until the renaissance and that his nephew, pliny the younger, described 'as full of variety as nature itself'see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis copy has slightly foxed page edges and reading creases to the spine, slight foxing to first page, but otherwise very good internally
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How mumbo-jumbo conquered the world: a short history of modern delusions bydispatched with royal mail 1st classcondition is very good
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Oxfam shop ulverston an in-depth look at the history of the nation's football team featuring the highs and lows (the obvious highs including the world cup and an impressive run in - the lows including defeat at the hands of the usa, demolition by pushkas and the hungarians in the s, nearly the whole of the s and the failure to reach the world cup finals)see oxfam website for delivery information read morethere are plenty of moments to make an england fan proud, including their remarkable form in the euro 96 tournament
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But nothing will work out the way they expect as their lives and the hopes of the world are smashed by the greatest and cruellest war in the history of the human raceoxfam shop colne road winter of the world is the second novel in ken follett's uniquely ambitious and deeply satisfying the century trilogyinto this turmoil steps her mother's formidable friend and former british mp, ethel leckwith, and her student son, lloyd, who soon learns for himself the brutal reality of nazismberlin in is in upheavalon its own or read in sequence with fall of giants and edge of eternity, this is a magnificent, spellbinding epic of global conflict and personal dramaat cambridge, lloyd is irresistibly drawn to dazzling american socialite daisy peshkov, who represents everything his left-wing family despiseback in berlin, carla worships golden boy werner from afarsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe international clash of military power and personal beliefs that ensues will sweep over them all as it rages from cable street in london's east end to pearl harbor in hawaii, from spain to stalingrad, from dresden to hiroshimahe also encounters a group of germans resolved to oppose hitler - but are they willing to go so far as to betray their country? such people are closely watched by volodya, a russian with a bright future in red army intelligencebut daisy is more interested in aristocratic boy fitzherbert - amateur pilot, party lover and leading light of the british union of fascistseleven-year-old carla von ulrich struggles to understand the tensions disrupting her family as hitler strengthens his grip on germany
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Kings and queens: the history of the british monarchy, paperback by ganeri, anita, isbn , isbn-13 offers factual and practical information for children on a range of popular subjects, including machines, history and the natural world
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The book has seven thematically arranged sections - earth and space, living world, human body, the way we live, science and technology, history, atlas of the worldformat size: 34 cma large format hardback edition of the illustrated encyclopaedia of the world, published by parragon and in excellent condition, with 256 lavishly illustrated full colour pageswill post or collection in person possible
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Oxfam shop dumfries this book offers a comprehensive thousand-year history of the land, people, society, culture and economy of hungary, from its nebulous origins in the ural mountains to the elections ofdominated from the sixteenth century by the habsburgs, while ruling its own national minorities, hungary was deprived of two-thirds of its lands and peoples through successive treaties which followed the two world wars, after which it fell under soviet domination for nearly fifty yearsit tells above all the thrilling story of a people which became a great power in the region and then fought against - and was invaded by - ottomans, germans and sovietsfree and independent since , hungary continues to seek its rightful position in europesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe hungarian people preserved nevertheless a continuous individuality through its ural-born language and a specifically hungaro-european culture
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A natural history of human thinking is the most detailed scientific analysis to date of the connection between human sociality and cognitionin order to survive, humans had to learn to see the world from multiple social perspectives, to draw socially recursive inferences, and to monitor their own thinking via the normative standards of the groupbut they were almost entirely competitive, aiming only at their individual goalstomasello's "shared intentionality hypothesis" captures how these more socially complex forms of life led to more conceptually complex forms of thinkingonce our ancestors learned to put their heads together with others to pursue shared goals, humankind was on an evolutionary path all its ownoxfam bookshop preston tool-making or culture, language or religious belief: ever since darwin, thinkers have struggled to identify what fundamentally differentiates human beings from other animalstomasello argues that our prehuman ancestors, like today's great apes, were social beings who could solve problems by thinkingwhat differentiates us most from other great apes, tomasello proposes, are the new forms of thinking engendered by our new forms of collaborative and communicative interactioneven language and culture arose from the preexisting need to work togetheras ecological changes forced them into more cooperative living arrangements, early humans had to coordinate their actions and communicate their thoughts with collaborative partnerssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein this much-anticipated book, michael tomasello weaves his twenty years of comparative studies of humans and great apes into a compelling argument that cooperative social interaction is the key to our cognitive uniqueness
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Parnell's history of the second world war in 8 volumes collected weekly inbeautifully illustrated
30 €
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Title: : the history of the first world warauthor(s): stevenson, davidpublication datebinding: paperback
13 €
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Oxfam bookshop hampstead zildjian: a history of the legendary cymbal makers this book, fully authorized by zildjian, tells the exciting story of the world's most popular cymbal company on the monumental occasion of its 375th anniversarythe corners are very slightly bruised at the bottomin very good conditionthe zildjian story is told firsthand by the zildjian family members and by the legendary drummers who participated in the important musical movements of the 20th centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Lavishly illustrated with 262 plates, 34 in colour, this is part of thames and hudson's world of art libraryoxfam bookshop st albans acting, direction, stagecraft, theatre architecture and design, above all the whole extraordinary evolution of dramatic literature - here is a history of theatre, worldwide in scope and ranging from its ancient origins in the choral hymns sung round the altar of dionysus to the fascinating variety of forms which it has taken in our own agesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop portishead this volume in the series of the history of the royal regiment of artillery tells the story of the four year artillery duel of the first world war from the point of view of the half a million british gunners, together with those of the dominions and empire, nearly gave their livesthis copy is in excellent condition other than some slight 'lifting' on edges of the dust-jacket see oxfam website for delivery information read moreillustrated with many photographs, artwork reproductions and maps
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28 €
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A short history of nearly everything is the record of this quest, and it is a sometimes profound, sometimes funny, and always supremely clear and entertaining adventure in the realms of human knowledge, as only bill bryson can render itgood condition, paperback, 687 pages n bryson's biggest book, he confronts his greatest challenge: to understand—and, if possible, answer—the oldest, biggest questions we have posed about the universe and ourselvesto that end, he has attached himself to a host of the world’s most advanced (and often obsessed) archaeologists, anthropologists, and mathematicians, travelling to their offices, laboratories, and field campstaking as territory everything from the big bang to the rise of civilization, bryson seeks to understand how we got from there being nothing at all to there being ushe has read (or tried to read) their books, pestered them with questions, apprenticed himself to their powerful mindsscience has never been more involving or entertaining
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Stanley macbean knight - the history of the great european war - its causes and effects: 10 volume set - caxton publishing company, limited - hardback - undated (circa cm x 18 cmvolume pages volume pages volume pages volume pages volume pages volume pages volume pages volume pages volume pages volume pages this set is in good condition - clean bright contents - firm bindings - no inscriptions - gilt titles and illustrations to front boards, with tooled illustrations to front boards and spines - unusual gilt anchor decoration to spines - some surface staining to front and rear boards, particularly to volumes and 10; contents in all volumes are all clean and bright - each book contains numerous coloured maps, along with black and white images/photographs from events occurring during the world war that spanned from - a very nice collectable setare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available
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A brilliant introduction to geography, capital cities and world landmarks ranging from the statue of the little mermaid in copenhagen to the kennedy space center in floridausborne atlas of the world picture book, hardcover by baer, sam; ragondet, nathalie (ilt), isbn , isbn-13 a fantastic atlas to help children learn about the countries of the world, the most famous and interesting sites, and also each country's flag and fascinating world records
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With over 600 maps and charts and internet links throughout, it's pages bring history to lifethe ultimate work of historical referenceit is in immaculate condition with slipcaseseventh edition by richard overyit covers the origins of mankind right through to the turmoil of the 21st centuryrrp £75 read more
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Oxfam shop ecclesall road this is the second volume of history of the english people, by john richard green, subtitled the charter, and the parliamentalthough there are some marks to both front and back covers (as pictured) and the binding is a little worn at top and bottom, the book is certainly in good used condition for its agefirst published in , the edition was published in by macmillan and cosee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Infantry at war (purnell's history of the world wars special) year published
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The message book, sacred texts of the world's religions j bowker new hardback collection from ireby in cumbria ca7 please view my other items for more books on history and historical places and buildings read more
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This a great book to look up little species of livebearersatlas of livebearers of the world by wischnath, lothar very good condition this is a huge book full of colour photosthe pictures alone are worth the price of the bookit was published a few years backit gives the specifics for the different speciesthere is an index in the back to look common names if you are not sure about the species name
200 €
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Francis bacon's penetration into human motives, his life-long experience of politics and government, and his remarkable literary skills, render this history of the reign of king henry vii a major work of english literature and an important document in the history of political thoughtsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham the text described as 'the first modern classic of english history'the edition also includes other relevant writings by bacon, generous editorial footnotes explaining the historical and political issues of the period, and a substantial glossary
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Moody, a new history of ireland is harvesting of modern scholarship on irish history from the earliest times to the presentthe third volume opens with a character study of early modern ireland and a panoramic survey of ireland in , followed by twelve chapters of narrative historythere will be ten volumes, six of which have been published to datewithdrawn ex-library with all the usual markingsthere are further chapters on the economy, the coinage, languages and literature, and the irish abroadhowever, this is a good clean copy with no notes or highlighting throughouttwo surveys, 'land and people', csee oxfam website for delivery information read more the dust jacket is in good condition with minor sun fade to the spinethere are stickers on the title page, endpapers, and stamps on the text blockoxfam bookshop newport bl reissued with a comprehensive and up-to-date bibliographical supplementplanned and established by the late tthe book itself has grey covered boards and gilt lettering
29 €
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This feature is a first for world atlases and will dramatically illustrate the rapidly changing world we live inoxfam shop tunbridge wells the perfect world atlas for readers who want the authority and accuracy of a times atlas at an affordable pricea completely new edition of a world atlas in the most prestigious atlas collection in the world, this comprehensive book showcases 170 pages of mapping to provide an amazingly detailed view of the worldthe reference mapping, produced in the beautifully clear and distinctive times style, has been completely updated with thousands of changes reflecting recent geopolitical and geographical change around the worldupdated plans of 32 of the world's great cities are also included; a geographical reference section with flags, statistics, and facts for all the world's countries; and a comprehensive index to more than place names top off this crowning achievement in world atlas presentationthe latest satellite images are showcased in the imagery section with 32 pages of stunning imagesas with all atlases in the times series it offers great authority, outstanding quality, and attention to detaila unique collection of maps from the last 150 years of times atlases is also included in a historical mapping sectionthis is the second edition, published inin very good condition, in slip casesee oxfam website for delivery information read morespecific geographical information beside each map gives the reader a greater understanding of each area
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Oxfam bookshop victoria blending social history with pioneering architecture and business analysis, dolphin square provides a detailed history of the london landmark and its antecedentsthe successful bidder was fred fthe book charts the square's changing ownership and eventual creation of the dolphin square trust, which managed the flats on a non-profit-making basis for 40 yearsfrench, the swashbuckling new york property developer, who had plans to produce in london something like his large-scale apartment complexes in tudor city and knickerbocker villagehowever, he was unable to raise funds in the aftermath of the great depression, and the project was taken on by a british builder, costain, inconceived as a speculative housing project and later catering for mps, peers and entertainers required to work in london, this book tells the story of the dolphin square project and also captures what it has been like to live in the square for figures including ellen wilkinson, alistair darling, william hague, mo mowlam, sir david steel, christine keeler, sid james, barbara windsor and princess annethe trust's unique blend of quasi-charitable purpose and commercial management enabled long-standing tenants to enjoy below-market rentals before the trust came under immense pressure to realise the value of the existing leases and sell them off inbuilt on a massive scale to a high density in the mid-s, it was a pioneering example of concrete design, and when completed was the largest single residential building in europesee oxfam website for delivery information read moredolphin square breaks new ground in providing a detailed examination of a major example of urban property speculation and managementfrom to it was the site of the royal army clothing depot, which produced uniforms for the british and other armed forceswhen the army clothing function was privatised, the duke of westminster offered the land for developmentdolphin square - the large, imposing red brick building on the north bank of the thames - was and is no ordinary block of flatsthe book begins with the antecedents of the seven-acre site, which was first occupied by the workshops of thomas cubitt, when he developed pimlico and belgravia
6 €